Process Improvement Plan Time is always moving forward making it difficult to execute daily processes slowly. Travelling is a daily process that takes much time and resources. Time spent on travelling can be known as waste time as the main goal is to transport from point A to point B without analyzing or performing actions on other tasks. Multitasking is not advisable meaning a high focus should be on the road and other road users plus it is illegal. The process if done as quickly as possible can reduce the cycle time leaving extra time for more profitable processes. The activity to drive from home to office is graphically shown below in the form of a flowchart. Currently time taken to execute the activity is not efficient. Certain processes are occupying heavier proportion from the total cycle time. A process improvement plan is drawn not only to analyze and reduce current time but also not forgetting to achieve a safe trip. Statistical Process Control Data below tabulates five weeks of travelling time from home to office. The next step is to deduce whether the data is efficient by running a test. Statistical process control (SPC) tests random samples from processes to determine the productivity is perfectly efficient (Chase, Jacobs & Aquilano, 2006). The test graphically depicts the upper control limit (UCL) and lower control limit (LCL) of each the average mean and average range graphs. Average of time taken and range from each week in combination with the range and average factors are requirements to calculate both limits. Graphs with the limits first, plot the weekly average mean and average range. Observation is made from the graphs to decide on whether or not all sample data is within the control limits. The sample data that either is higher than the UCL or lower than the LCL will be the overuse time. Value of data is not only under observation but also the pattern of the chart is also under monitoring. The pattern of a stable chart is sample data closely plotting around the mean data. Patterns that exhibit an increase toward the UCL or decrease toward the LCL or erratic behavior must undergo investigations (Chase et al., 2006). Sample Number | Each Unit in Sample (mins) | Total (mins) | /X (mins) | Range (mins) | 1 | 70 | 64 | 50 | 58 | 43 | 47 | 78 | 410 | 58.57 | 35 | 2 | 90 | 89 | 81 | 66 | 57 | 53 | 83 | 519 | 74.14 | 37 | 3 | 106 | 63 | 73 | 70 | 46 | 64 | 96 | 518 | 74.00 | 60 | 4 | 103 | 82 | 86 | 81 | 55 | 52 | 107 | 566 | 80.86 | 55 | 5 | 97 | 65 | 77 | 62 | 53 | 63 | 0 | 417 | 59.57 | 97 |

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